The Northern Dimension Institute Steering Group (NDI SG) consists of representatives of the participating universities and research institutes, as well as representatives of the ND Partnerships. The NDI SG:
- promotes NDI in national and international forums
- generates and proposes research ideas for NDI
- monitors and supports the activities of NDI
The NDI SG is nominated for two years. The chairmanship rotates periodically from one ND partner country to another.
NDI Steering Group 2015-2016:
Chair of the NDI Steering Group
- Aileen A. Espiritu, Ph.D., The Barents Institute, UiT The Arctic University of Norway
Culture
- Dace Resele, Head of Secretariat, Northern Dimension Partnership on Culture (NDPC)
- lveta Cirule, Head of RISEBA Creative Business Incubator, Riga International School of Economics and Business Administration (RISEBA), Latvia
- Irina Kizilova, Deputy Director of the Institute for Cultural Programs (ICP), Russia
Energy and environment
- Ewa Manik, Associate Fund Manager, Northern Dimension Environmental Partnership (NDEP)
- Nina Tynkkynen, SocScD, Doc., Senior Lecturer, University of Turku, Finland
- Maria Kononova, Dr.-Eng. habil., Prof., Saint Petersburg State Polytechnical University, Russia
Health and Social Wellbeing
- Marek Maciejowski, Head of Secretariat, Northern Dimension Partnership in Public Health and Social Well-being (NDPHS)
- Arja Rautio, MD, Ph.D., ERT, research professor, Thule Institute, University of Oulu, Finland
- Inga Dóra Sigfúsdóttir, Professor, School of Health and Education, Reykjavik University, Iceland
Transport and Logistics
- Oddgeir Danielsen, Director, Northern Dimension Partnership on Transport and Logistics (NDPTL)
- Joachim Meyer, ISL – Institute of Shipping Economics and Logistics, Germany
Business and Economy
- Jari Jumpponen, Northern Dimension Business Council (NDBC)
- Yaroslav Meshavkin, General Director, Center for interregional cooperation of employers of Northwestern federal district of Russia, Coordinator of the NDBC Working Group of Education and Labor, Russia
- Claes Alvstam, Professor, University of Gothenburg, School of Business, Economics and Law, Centre for International Business Studies/Economic Geography, Sweden
Regional Development and Politics
- Lassi Heininen, Ph.D., Professor, University of Lapland, Finland
- Živilė Paužaitė, Manager of international academic exchange and networks, Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania
- Jacek Zaucha, Professor, Faculty of Economics, Gdansk University, Poland